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Found some stuff in the local pull and pay….Notably a nice 96 SR. Got as much off that as we could. Took the front bumper since the 94 is missing it and the front skid. Just set in place for the time being.. The elusive Mitsubishi flashlight my wife found in the 96SR in the junkyard...

I’ll do that and report back. Just returned from the junkyard with more parts. Can’t seem to find the right oil pan though. Might have to go down to el paso…

Yea, I’ve considered that. I’m not sure how many miles are on this thing which is why I was considering refreshing the bottom end. Maybe I’ll take a peek at some of the bearing surfaces and see how they look first.

Yea. I set the Mivec heads on the old 3.5 block just for fun. Appears that they fit just fine. you'd have to mount the cam sensor somehow, I’ll have to look at it closer after I finish this DOHC build. Maybe they’ll go on my 99 someday.

We’ve been spending a lot of time in the yard getting all the pieces to needed to fit. The 3.5 DOHC is a strange animal with a lot of one off parts. Right now I’m doing mock ups to ensure everything fits. Water pump is different and looks like I’ll need to use the more common SOHC pump so we got...

Disassembled the 3.8 and everything looks good. Cross hatch still visible in cylinders, no rust in coolant passages. Haven’t removed the pistons and crankshaft yet, going to measure everything and hopefully just get away with new bearings, deglaze the cylinders and a re-ring.

Tore the old 3.5 down and found that the pistons had indeed kissed the valves, the heads otherwise were nice and clean, hoping that the guides are ok and I can go through them replace the bent valves, clean them up replace the seals and do a basic valve job.

We went to local pull and pay, and found a couple 3.8’s both MIVEC which I really didn’t need MIVEC heads, but the cost is the same regardless. So the heads will be set aside for later. We found a 09 Galant Raliart and pulled the engine.

The front of the engine was already disassembled and I could see that the timing was off by a few teeth and the water pump was seize. We pulled the engine out and went to look for a 3.8.

My wife and I recently Picked up this 94 SR from a friend of mine. He bought it off Carlos AKA Cap510 AKA Mr Pajero_Montero A few years ago. The rig broke down on him a while back and appears to have jumped time. Since we moved out of state im no longer around to assist with the repairs so he...

I’m Just going to use the bottom end and splice in the injector pigtails to run the newer style injectors with my existing harness per your swap. Maybe save the mivec heads for another montero.

Thanks, we found an 09 galant raliart today In the local yard. Looked to be totaled due to minor front end hit. Got it all prepped for pull as they were closing. going back in the morning to get it the rest of the way out .

The alarms were installed by the dealerships after the monteros arrived off the ship from Japan so they are not of the best quality in my opinion. ”Shovel” had a write up on the ADD forum on how to remove it. I think that forum no longer exists though. Theres a black box usually zip tied to the...

RIP Fasteddie… got a lot Of good advice from him. ?

In progress with a swap now. Going Charlies route and putting in a 3.8 with the DOHC heads in a 94 SR. Got the 3.5 out, now looking for a 3.8.

Sounds like the Factory [dealer] installed alarm. It makes this sound when the power is restored after a dead battery.

Because the majority of Pajeros are right hand drive and have the steering box on the opposite side.

Possibly the engine rear main seal or transmission input seal could be leaking oil onto the clutch plate causing it to slip and wear prematurely. But that’s just a guess.

It’s hard to say what will be found..what exactly were the symptoms of the failure?

The gen 1 front bumper was the first one I made and self taught myself to weld on. Still disappointing to see that it failed though after all these years.